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June 11

June 11 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 1345 and 2012. The megas doux Alexios Apokaukos, chief minister of the Byzantine Empire, is lynched by political prisoners.

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Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed July 13, 2026

What happened on June 11?

June 11 is the 162nd day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1345 and 2012. Famous people born on June 11 include Jackie Stewart, Claire Holt and Richard Strauss.

The shape of the day

This year marks the 25th anniversary of Timothy McVeigh — June 11 carries the weight of round numbers. Its center of gravity is the 21st century, and disaster looms large.

Gemini is the sign for June 11 — read more on the Gemini page, or see June's birthstone & birth flower.

Released on June 11

Movies, games, albums & shows

2024

  • Movie Inside Out 2

2021

  • Game Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
  • Game Guilty Gear: Strive
  • TV Clarkson's Farm

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1345

    Megas doux

    The megas doux Alexios Apokaukos, chief minister of the Byzantine Empire, is lynched by political prisoners.

  2. 1594

    Philip II of Spain

    Philip II recognizes the rights and privileges of the local nobles and chieftains in the Philippines, which paved way to the stabilization of the rule of the Principalía (an elite ruling class of native nobility in Spanish Philippines).

  3. 1724

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach leads his cantata O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort (O eternity, you word of thunder), BWV 20, on the first Sunday after Trinity, beginning his second cycle, the chorale cantata cycle.

  4. 1748

    Denmark

    Denmark adopts the characteristic Nordic Cross flag later taken up by all other Scandinavian countries.

  5. 1917

    Alexander of Greece

    King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, is deemed to have abdicated under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.

  6. 1920

    1920 Republican National Convention

    During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U.S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to coin the political phrase "smoke-filled room".

  7. 1962

    June 1962 Alcatraz escape

    Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.

  8. 2001

    Timothy McVeigh

    Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.

  9. 2007

    2007 Chittagong mudslides

    Mudslides in Chittagong, Bangladesh, kill 130 people.

  10. 2012

    2012 Afghanistan earthquakes

    75 people die in a landslide triggered by two earthquakes in Afghanistan; an entire village is buried.

Famous birthday twins

Born on June 11

Jackie Stewart

b. 1939

Scottish racing driver and sports presenter

Claire Holt

b. 1988

Australian actress

Richard Strauss

b. 1864

German composer and conductor

Gonzalo Castro

b. 1987

German footballer

Yasunari Kawabata

b. 1899

Japanese novelist and short story writer Nobel Prize laureate

Nikolai Bulganin

b. 1895

Soviet politician

Hugh Laurie

b. 1959

English actor and screenwriter

Jesús Fernández (footballer, born 1988)

b. 1988

Spanish footballer

Deaths

  • 2001Timothy McVeigh
  • 1999DeForest Kelley
  • 1979John Wayne
  • 1852Karl Bryullov
  • 1847John Franklin

Holidays & observances

  • —Brazilian Navy Day (Brazil)
  • —Christian feast day: Alice of Schaerbeek
  • —Christian feast day: Barnabas the Apostle
  • —Christian feast day: Bartholomew the Apostle (Eastern Christianity)
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Ignatius Maloyan (Armenian Catholic Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Maria Schininà
  • —Christian feast day: Paula Frassinetti
  • —Christian feast day: Riagail of Bangor

Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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